The Queue is the Queen

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A marvel of inertia, it seems dignified, quiet, unobjectionable. It keeps calm and carries on. And yet…

Black Cap Community on Camdeners podcast

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An interview with myself and fellow Black Cap Community campaigner Alex Green about ongoing efforts to reopen the iconic LGBTQ+ pub, club, cabaret and community space.

Observer feature on Duckie leaving the RVT

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A personal piece introducing a round-up of producer, performer and punter memories of Duckie as the seminal queer club’s 27-year run at the RVT comes to a close.

BFI Flare 2022 preview for Sight & Sound

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London’s celebration of queer cinema returns to in-person screenings while keeping some of its online offering.

Duckie is closing

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The queer performance collective’s 27-year Saturday night RVT residency will end in July.

Derek Jarman exhibition preview for Sight & Sound

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Two retrospective shows in Manchester and Southampton reveal the urgent timeliness of Jarman’s politics, art and life to Britain today.

December 2020 update

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 Hello. I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well in the continuing weirdness. Here’s a round-up of a few things I’ve been up to that might be of interest.   Something for the weekend: This Is Not a Dream streaming online Back in 2011, Gavin Butt and I made a feature […]

Online workshop call-out: DIY Hope Machines (LADA DIY 2020)

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Fancy £200 for doing an artists’ workshop about queer hope, support, mutation and fun? Dr Duckie’s on the case, in collaboration with Folkestone Fringe and the Live Art Development Agency.

Dr Duckie online – read the PhD, watch the talk

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Now live: online resources from my doctoral research about Duckie and homemade mutant hope machines, including open-access PhD thesis and an hour-long talk.

April 2020 update

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Info about my recent and upcoming activity including responses to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Duckie latest and coverage of BFI Flare’s Five Films for Freedom and Bourgeois & Maurice’s Insane Animals.